cameline

English

Etymology 1

From Latin camelinus.

Adjective

cameline (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to camels.
2. Resembling a camel.

Etymology 2

From Middle English camelyn, camelyne, camlyn, chamelyn, kamelyn, kamelyne, from Anglo-French camelin and Continental French chamelin.

Noun

cameline (countable and uncountable, plural camelines)

1. Synonym of camlet

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French cameline, kameline, with haplology, borrowed from Latin chamaemelina, feminine of chamaemelinus, adjective based on chamaemelon; related to camomille.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cameline f (plural camelines)

1. camelina (plant)

Further reading

• “cameline”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.